The Air Force’s New Ship-Killing Smart Bomb Has Sunk Its First Vessel

[william]

The Air Force’s New Ship-Killing Smart Bomb Has Sunk Its First Vessel

The Air Force has moved a step closer to fielding a version of the ubiquitous Joint Direct Attack Munition that can hit moving warships.

www.thedrive.com

The eagle has talons!

 

[william]

Watch The Air Force's New Ship-Killing Smart Bomb Snap A Vessel In Two (Updated)

The Air Force has said it wants its new anti-ship version of the ubiquitous Joint Direct Attack Munition to have "torpedo-like" capabilities.

www.thedrive.com

 

[Obreid]

This video is a little higher speed you can actually see the jdam drop in on it

https://twitter.com/x/status/1521505854201028611

 

[Friendly Engineer]

Cool.

 

[Obreid]

The war zone article has an update to the original. The bomb doesn’t actually hit the surface part of the vessel. It dives in the water and detonates underneath which is how many torpedos operate. The conclusive exploitation underneath is what breaks the ships keel and breaks it in half

 

[Obreid]

Cool.

I wonder what kind of a nightmare this will be to the defensive systems of naval ships. Cruise missiles torpedos now this. It’s a bolt on system to generic gravity bomb